To Speak, To Talk
transitive verb, godan verb
This word consists of kanji with hiragana attached. Because the hiragana ends with an う sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means talk so the verb version of this is to talk or to speak.
はなす
Since this word consists of a kanji with hiragana attached, you can bet that it will use the kun'yomi reading. You didn't learn that reading with this kanji, so here's a mnemonic to help you: Every time you try to speak, 花s (はな) just sprout out of your mouth preventing you. Imagine your mouth full of flowers. Taste them, spit them out, and try to speak again. Same problem.
道で他人と話すことは、ほぼありません。
I rarely talk to others on the street.
今回のミーティングでは、主に米国の牛肉のことを話しました。
At this meeting, we mainly talked about American beef.
毎日、ディナーの後に電話で友人と話します。
Every day, I talk to a friend over the phone after dinner.